Open AccessTowards a global higher‐frequency sea level dataset
Author(s) -
Woodworth P. L.,
Hunter J. R.,
Marcos M.,
Caldwell P.,
Menéndez M.,
Haigh I.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
geoscience data journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 2049-6060
DOI - 10.1002/gdj3.42
Subject(s) - tide gauge , dozen , identifier , computer science , sea level , object (grammar) , data science , information retrieval , data mining , oceanography , geology , artificial intelligence , programming language , mathematics , arithmetic
This paper describes the assembly of an updated quasi‐global dataset of higher‐frequency sea level information obtained from tide gauges operated by many agencies around the world. We believe that the construction of such a dataset is fundamental to scientific research in sea level variability and also to practical aspects of coastal engineering. A first version of the dataset was used in approximately a dozen published studies, and this second version is about twice the size, containing longer and more geographically representative sea level records. The dataset has acquired a digital object identifier and may be obtained from several sources. The paper mentions some of the merits of and deficiencies with the present version and takes a forward look at how the dataset may be updated in the future.